<p>Pestered by frequent demonstrations and protest march by people around his home near Vidhan Sabha, a retired Rajasthan police chief has approached the Supreme Court to assert his right to have a peaceful living.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The demonstrators erected tents, shouted slogans and delivered speeches by indiscriminate use of loud-speakers. Much to his chagrin, they invariably eased themselves by making use of his compound walls and other nearby houses at any time.<br /><br />Finding no end to his woes after authorities failed to act, Dr Balwant Singh, who retired as DGP of Rajasthan finally knocked the door of the apex court. A bench of justices F M I Kalifullah and A M Sapre took a sympathetic view of the precarious condition of the petitioner and reminded the government of its duty to ensure citizens kept on enjoying cherished rights, including a right to have peaceful living, guaranteed under the Constitution.<br /><br />“Intervention of the court is called for at the instance of citizen when these rights are violated by fellow citizens or by any state agency,” the bench said.</p>
<p>Pestered by frequent demonstrations and protest march by people around his home near Vidhan Sabha, a retired Rajasthan police chief has approached the Supreme Court to assert his right to have a peaceful living.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The demonstrators erected tents, shouted slogans and delivered speeches by indiscriminate use of loud-speakers. Much to his chagrin, they invariably eased themselves by making use of his compound walls and other nearby houses at any time.<br /><br />Finding no end to his woes after authorities failed to act, Dr Balwant Singh, who retired as DGP of Rajasthan finally knocked the door of the apex court. A bench of justices F M I Kalifullah and A M Sapre took a sympathetic view of the precarious condition of the petitioner and reminded the government of its duty to ensure citizens kept on enjoying cherished rights, including a right to have peaceful living, guaranteed under the Constitution.<br /><br />“Intervention of the court is called for at the instance of citizen when these rights are violated by fellow citizens or by any state agency,” the bench said.</p>